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Friday, October 7, 2011

Chivalry Week report

A few weeks ago I mentioned the Catholic Campus Ministry program of Southeast Missouri State University's student-led "Chivalry Week." Well, the week has passed, and the report is here. I would love to see more initiatives like this one popping up at colleges across the country.

"Although I have lived through much darkness, under harsh totalitarian regimes, I have seen enough evidence to be unshakably convinced that no difficulty, no fear is so great that it can completely suffocate the hope that springs eternal in the hearts of the young. You are our hope, the young are our hope. [...] Do not let that hope die! Stake your lives on it! We are not the sum of our weaknesses and failures; we are the sum of the Father's love for us and our real capacity to become the image of his Son." -- Pope John Paul II, World Youth Day 2002